The combination of light winds and temperatures below 36 degrees led to the development of frost across Texas County during the early morning hours of the 31st. The temperature dropped to 33 degrees at Hooker (Texas County), Guymon (Texas County), and Goodwell (Texas County).
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
The combination of light winds and temperatures below 36 degrees led to the development of frost across Texas County during the early morning hours of the 31st. The temperature dropped to 33 degrees at Hooker (Texas County), Guymon (Texas County), and Goodwell (Texas County). These frost conditions threatened crops during the late growing season. By 8 AM CST, the temperature warmed above 36 degrees to bring and end to these frost conditions.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 4:49 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 359 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-312100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 359 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING FOR CIMARRON COUNTY. A FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW MAY KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FROST IS POSSIBLE FOR SOME SECTIONS OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLES TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. AT THIS TIME ANY STORMS THAT FORM ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Overnight low of 33 with less than 10 mph wind speeds at Hooker.
Overnight low of 33 with less than 10 mph wind speeds at Goodwell.
Overnight low of 33 with less than 10 mph wind speeds at Guymon.
Low of 36 degrees with light winds at Guymon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, October 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 541796, 541797, 541798, 542373.